English - Chapter 96 - Al-Alaq

Recite in the Name of thy Lord Who created

He created the human being from a clot

Recite: Thy Lord is the Most Generous

He Who taught by the pen

He taught the human being what he knows not

No indeed! The human being is, truly, defiant

He considered himself self-sufficient

Truly, to thy Lord is the returning

Hast thou thyself considered he who prohibits

a servant when he invoked blessings

Hast thou considered if he had been on guidance

or commanded God-consciousness

Hast thou considered if he denied and turned away

Knows he not that God sees

No indeed! Truly, if he refrains himself not, We will, surely, lay hold of him by the forelock

a lying, inequitable forelock

And let him call to his conclave

We will call to the guards of hell

No indeed! Truly, obey thou him not but prostrate thyself to God and be near to Him.‡